Kuindzhi A. I., (1841-1910), Artist

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KUINDZHI Arkhip Ivanovich (1841-1910, St. Petersburg) artist. He studied at the Academy of Arts under I. K. Aivazovsky (1868-72; was a member of the Academy from 1893). He painted romantic landscapes and sought to render the highest expressiveness in illuminating states of nature. He used intensive colours and unusual perspectives to achieve a decorative vibration within the painting (Ukrainian Night, 1876; Birch Copse, 1879; both held in the State Tretyakov Gallery; Moon Night on the Dnepr, 1880; the Nocturnal, 1908; both are in the State Russian Museum). He was a member of the Fellowship of Travelling Art Exhibitions (1875-79). In 1892-97, he was a professor, in charge of the workshop of the Academy of Arts; K. F. Bogaevsky, N. K. Roerich, A. A. Rylov were among his students. He initiated the establishment of an annual art competition at the Spring Exhibitions in the halls of the Academy of Arts (1904, the Kuindzhi Memorial Competition), he inspired the Kuindzhi Memorial Society and bequeathed his capital to it. He lived at 16 Maly Avenue of Vasilievsky Island from 1870 to the 1880s, from 1897, he lived in 1/10 Birzhevoy Lane, where there is a memorial plaque; in 1993 it was transformed into the Kuindzhi Memorial Museum). He was buried at Smolenskoe Orthodox Cemetery, in 1952, his remains and monument (1914, sculptor V. A. Beklemishev, architect A. V. Shchusev, artist N.K. Roerich) were relocated to the Necropolis of Artists.

References: Воронова О. П. Куинджи в Петербурге. Л., 1986; Манин В. С. Архип Иванович Куинджи и его школа: Альбом. Л., 1987; Неведомский М. П., Репин И. Е. А. И. Куинджи. М., 1997; Яруцкий Л. Д. Архип Иванович Куинджи: Рассказы о художнике. Воспоминания современников. Худож. критика. Документы. Мариуполь, 1998.

O. L. Leikind, D.Y. Severyukhin Aivazovsky Ivan Konstantinovich
Beklemishev Vladimir Alexandrovich
Bogaevsky Konstantin Fedorovich
Kuindzhi Arkhip Ivanovich
Roerich Nikolay Konstantinovich
Rylov Arkady Alexandrovich
Shchusev Alexey Viktorovich
Birzhevoy Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 1/10
Maly Vasilievsky Island Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 16
Воронова О. П. Куинджи в Петербурге. Л., 1986
Неведомский М. П., Репин И. Е. А. И. Куинджи. М., 1997
Манин В. С. Архип Иванович Куинджи и его школа: Альбом. Л., 1987
Яруцкий Л. Д. Архип Иванович Куинджи: Рассказы о художнике. Воспоминания современников. Худож. критика. Док. Мариуполь, 1998 Academy of Arts
Academy of Arts
Travelling Art Exhibitions, Society for
Kuindzhi Society
A. I. Kuindzhi memorial apartment
Necropolis of Artists